Ex-'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos allowed to proceed with defamation suit against President Trump

A one-time "Apprentice" contestant's defamation case against President Trump can move forward, a New York state appeals court decided Thursday.

President Trump in April filed paperwork in Manhattan Supreme Court maintaining that the Constitution protected him from a lawsuit brought by Summer Zervos, who claims Trump made unwanted sexual advances on her.

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After the court ruled against him, he asked the state Appellate Division to stay the case until deciding on the issue — but the appeals court shot down his request.

The "motion is denied," the Appellate Division said in a four-sentence ruling.

Summer Zervos has alleged that Trump defamed her on the campaign trail after she publicly claimed that he groped her in 2007. (Barry Williams/for New York Daily News)

The decision also means that Trump's campaign, which was subpoenaed by Zervos' lawyer during the course of her lawsuit, has until May 29 to turn over information.

The date was agreed upon by both Zervos' and Trump's lawyers, according to a May 11 court filing.

Zervos has alleged that Trump defamed her on the campaign trail after she publicly claimed that he groped her in 2007.

"The Zervos case raises what the United States Supreme Court has called an 'important' and unresolved constitutional issue — whether the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution bars a state court lawsuit against the President of the United States during his or her term in office," Kasowitz said. "Respectfully, the Appellate Division's order denying a stay of the case pending the resolution of this key issue is incorrect."